2.3 Add items manually

Adding items manually is recommended for new retailers who have a smaller inventory and cannot wait 5 to 7 business days for our Retail Imports team to process their inventory file. We recommend adding your items manually from the two locations below:

From the main menu: click Inventory > New Item.

During a sale: from the main menu, click Sales > New Sale > +New.

NOTE: To keep your new items organized in your inventory, you'll need to create your categories before assigning them to your new items. For more information, see our Categories article.

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If you sell items that are the same but have different colors, sizes, or other attributes, such as t-shirts or shoes, create matrices in Inventory > Matrix. This will expedite the process of creating your items manually and depending on the item detail, you'll have the choice to edit all of the items in a matrix at once or individually.

Matrices can have up to three attributes which are determined by their attribute sets. You can opt to use Lightspeed Retail's three built-in attribute sets or create your own custom sets in Inventory > Matrix Attribute Sets.